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Delivery mode and maternal rehospitalization.

Ophir E, Strulov A, Solt I, Michlin R, Buryanov I, Bornstein J

Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Western Galilee Hospital, P.O. Box 21, 22100, Nahariya, Israel.

The rates of rehospitalization after cesarean section (1.41%) are significantly higher than those following spontaneous vaginal delivery (0.33%), mainly due to infection following cesarean section and late bleeding after vaginal delivery.

Published 1 April 2008 in Arch Gynecol Obstet, 277(5): 401-4.
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